The American Muslim community reacted with an outpouring of love and support. The violence also sparked a debate within the community about whether Muslim leaders need to speak out more forcefully against homophobic ideologies.
Post-Orlando, Trump reveals his soul
Trump’s definition of strength is a crude domination. He’s not satisfied with simply calling for indiscriminate bombing and torture against organizations like ISIS; he wants to ban all Muslims, even refugees, from entering the United States.
Why some evangelicals changed their minds about evolution
A new book promotes the idea that one can be serious about Christian faith and still accept a scientific Darwinian account of human origins.
Evangelical conference gives Trump stamp of approval
Donald Trump received a nearly minute-long standing ovation at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference in Washington on Friday and was presented to the audience as the principled choice for Christian voters in the general election.
Is ‘The Conjuring 2’ the Evangelical horror hit of the year?
We do not think of evangelical moviegoers as seekers out of grisly, flesh-ripping horror. But maybe we should, given that the most popular faith-based drama of the summer season so far is “The Conjuring 2.”
Staring down the elephant
How are Christians to respond to the politics of division and polarization?
Washington National Cathedral to remove Confederate battle flags from its windows
Washington National Cathedral has announced it will remove Confederate battle flags that are part of two large stained-glass windows honoring Confederate generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee.
The Trump nobody knows
When he discusses his faith, the Republican candidate sounds a great deal like the businessman-turned-politician who coined his campaign slogan.
‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ and the power of myth
To understand the deep appeal of Narnia, we need first to appreciate the place of stories in helping us to make sense of reality, and our own place within it.
Refugees seeking asylum on religious grounds quizzed on ‘Bible trivia’
“When is Pentecost?” is among the questions put to people fleeing persecution after converting to Christianity, MPs say.
Mecca goes mega
A building boom in the city’s sacred center has created a dazzling, high-tech 21st-century pilgrimage.
Rumi film will challenge Muslim stereotypes, says ‘Gladiator’ writer
An Oscar-winning screenwriter has agreed to work on a biopic about the 13th-century poet Jalaluddin al-Rumi, aiming to challenge the stereotypical portrayal of Muslim characters in western cinema by charting the life of the great Sufi scholar.